Sleep_and_his_Half-brother_Death
Sleep and His Half-Brother Death
Painting by John William Waterhouse
Sleep and His Half-Brother Death is a painting by John William Waterhouse completed in 1874.[1]
Waterhouse's first Royal Academy exhibit (submitted from his father's house at 1 Scarsdale Villas),[2] it was painted after both his younger brothers died of tuberculosis.[3]